FANTASY HCIBON- FIELD Founded by Julius Unger Volume 1 ,,. BI-WEEKLY .., number 11 June L}., 1963 The National Fantasy Review Whole Number 11 SPOTLIGHT on the PUBLISHERS THE SCIENCE FICTION SCHEDULE at Ace Books continuos to be heavy. Don Wollheim says Ace has just signed with the Burroughs estate as the authorized publisher of the paperback editions of all ERB books ill the Pellucidar and Venus series and will be doing "Carson of Venus," “Escape on Venus,” "Back to the Stone Age," and others as soon as possible. Ace will also publish the paperback edition of the unpublished Pellucidar novel and "Beyond the Farthest Star," Upcoming in the-summer is “Envoy to Nev; Worlds" by Keith Laumer (the Retief novelets), "Flight From Yesterday" by Robert Moore Williams, "Space Vikings" by II. Beam Piper, "Huon of the Horn" by Andre Norton, "Star Ways" by Poul Anderson, a double book by John Brunner, and "The Land of Hidden Hen" by Edgar Rico Burroughs, Among items coming, but not as yet scheduled, is a double "Rim" book by A, Bertram Chandler, works by Van Vogt, Fritz Leiber, Ray Cummings, and others, ■K- * ARKIIAM HOUSE’S 1963 BULLETIN was recently released, and the forthcoming books were listed in detail in an earlier FFF (#8), To repeat briefly for those who came in late: "The Dunwich Horror and Others" by II, P. Lovecraft is planned for June 1£, "Collected Poems" by Lovecraft in June, "Who Fears the Devil?" by Manly Wade Wellman in September, "The Dark Han and Others" by Robert E. Howard in November, and "100 Books By August Derleth" in a limited printing, which is now available, "Mr, George and Other Odd Persons" by Stephen Grendon, which was to be published in 1961|., has been moved up and trill probably be published in October, 1963. "Selected Letters I" by Lovecraft, due in 196L>., is now being prepared, and “Over the Edge," an anthology of unpublished stories by various authors, is well under tray, Down for 196£ is Smith's "Tales of Science and Sorcery," August Derleth, Arkham director, reports that the following of his _ anthologies have been-purchased for paperback reprint in England: "The Sleeping and the Dead,’5' "Dark Mind, Dark Heart," "The Other Side of the Moon," "Worlds of Tomorrow,11 "Night’s Yawning Peal," "Time to Come," and "The Outer Reaches," Of more interest to those who go for the Sherlock Holmes type of fiction: Derleth’s "The Casebook of Solar Pons" is half finished, and there are three new tales coning up in the maga­ zines. These are "The Adventure of the Whispering Knights" in SAINT MYSTERY, "The Adventures of the Haunted Library" and "The Intarsia Box" in HITCHCOCK’S MYSTERY MAGAZINE. page 1 - — _--------------------------- --- —— —---------- --- ——....... ..... ~T FANTASY FICTION FIELD is published bi-weekly by Harvey Inman, 102? Elm Street, Grafton, Ohio, Associate Editor: Paul Scaramazza,161£ West Street, Union City, New Jersey, Subscription price: 13 is ~ sues for one dollar or 26 for two dollars. All checks or money orders should be sent to and made payable to Harvey Inman., FANFARE—assorted items According to TV GUIDE, the BAC television network is continuing plans for that science fiction series for the I963-6I4. seasons. It was origi­ nally supposed to be called "Please Stand By,'* then the title was chan­ ged to "Beyond Control," and now it has been named "Outer Limits,11 It will apparently have a new drama each program, in the manner of "Twi­ light Zone," instead of running serials, Robert and Juanita Coulson (Route 3, Wabash, Indiana) will do your mimeo work for you for a fee. This fee will have to be worked out personally with the Coulsons and will vary according to the work involved. This service will even be carried to the extent of stamping, addressing, and mailing when desired. Buck says he can also probably get you a new raimeo at a discount from the list price. The machines are made by Vari-Color and sell for a reasonable price. The .Sears mimeo which the Coulsons used to publish-YANDRO for nine years was made by Vari-Color. And for what it is worth, FFF is currently reproduced on a Vari-Color, (Yes, I do give free plugs when I ajn in the mood.) Harry Warner, Jr, alleges that he has now started the actual writing on his long-awaited fan history on an every-day basis. He doubts anyone will believe this report, however, since he has predicted the start so many times in the past. The new FAPA mailing was only 2^3 pages in size, but more, is on the way. To be postiaailod are at least five publications which arrived too late for the bundle, including the egoboo poll results and the last FAPA contribution from Phyllis Economou, who is resigning from the organi­ zation for lack of time, Larry Shaw is leaving Chicago and Regency Books and returning East as an editor for Lancer Books. The change will be made in late June, Lynn Hickman, who has practically dropped out of sight of fandom for a whilo, is reportedly in training to manage stores for Sears-Roebuck* He spent a month stationed near South Bend, Indiana, and had a get- together with Betty Kujawa while there. He is now supposed to be in Norwalk, Ohio, in care of general delivery for a month or so, "The Tin Drum" by Gunter Grass is the current Book of the Month Club fiction alternate, one of the rare books with a fantasy theme to be selected. It is a long combination of fantasy, farce, and satire about an amoral superman. The hero supposedly symbolizes the German people, or the worst things about the Gorman people. It has already boen widely acclaimed in Germany and France. The author is a young man from Danzig, now living in Berlin. # page 2 I HE FANZINE FIELD by Hike Deckinger HAU1TTED #1 (quarterly, £0^, Samuel D, Russell, 201oA 21st Street, Santa Monica, California) In his editorial, Saia explains that IIAul’TED will be devoted to serious and constructive examinations in the weird-super­ natural -horror genre, emulating the paths blazed by THE ACOLYTE and FAfTASY COMMENTATOR. This issue bears no trace of the adolescent poli­ cies which marked the various regrettable fanzines of the FAMOUS MOB­ STERS crowd, whose knowledge of fandom has been as limited as their knowledge of how to publish a good fanzine. The cover of HAUNTED is an extremely good lithographed graveyard scene, and the contents is of a consistently high calibre, Robert Bloch writes an optimistically prophetic article foreseeing a resurgence in fantasy in the various mediums. Some of the points he advances are blunted by the non-compli­ ance of reality, but he does state enough feasible suppositions to make me wonder if perhaps he isn't right. I tend to adopt the pessimist's viewpoint on matters like this. HAUNTED is not worth just yet, not for 17 pages of sketchy lithography and identifiable hand dram headings that tend to impart a decidedly juvenile look to the zinc. But it is worth something, definitely. AXE 2nd Annish (monthly, ^2,00 a year, Larry and Moreen Shaw, 123^ Oak Avenue, Evanston, Illinois) Still maintaining its image as a chatty genzine, AXE celebrates its second annish with a good printed cover and a nice tinted inside headin,';, A printed filler on the first page anno- ounces that Earl Kemp (of CHICOH and A TRIP TO HELL FAME) is the father of a son. Some spotty news items, a couple genuinely new to me are followed by the final installment of Dick Lupoff's fanzine review column, in which he gives the unsettling prediction that the numerous fringe fandoms (monster fandom, Burroughs fandom, comic fandom, etc., etc,) that have always remained at the periphery of fandom, intruding in small palatable doses, will overtake fandom as we know it. This alteration is not something I look foreward to with much eagerness* a short interlude with comic book and satire fandom has convinced me that this branch has as much chance of registering an influential position as a Republican in a Russian election, Bhob Stewart perceptively analyzes the non-fantasy, but highly experimental French film "Zazis," which conclusively proves that I overlooked several cogent interpre­ tations when I first saw it. He hints that Bloch may not have been the chief culprit responsible for the recent "Caligori" film. My secret sources say that a different ending was first composed by Bloch, in which the logical premises aro abruptly refuted at the end by Caligari reverting to his former presence in the midst of the asylum. However, the powers that be ruling Hollywood turned thumbs down on the idea, basing their refusal on some predictably inane contentions, and thus the film was made with the clinical “surprise" ending. Walt Willis has covered everything up to his departure for Chicago so far in his untitled trip report. His initial bout with Greyhound is beautifully detailed here. page 3 1 THE FANZINE FIELD, continued THE LINDSAY REPORT ($L.OO; Ethel Lindsay, Courage House, 6 Langely Ave., Surbiton, Surrey, England, or Ron Ellik, 182^ Greenfield Ave., Los Angeles, California) I night as well admit it* I like a good travel/ con report, not only for the supplemental'information that I can add to my own knowledge of’the event if attended, but for the candid observa­ tions of the author, who inevitably seeks to impart his/her enthusiasm to the readers via the printed page, That’s why Ethel’s report is a good one.